Winter Weather — Ridges of E Monongalia and Nw Preston, West Virginia

2020-12-16 to 2020-12-17 · Ridges of E Monongalia and Nw Preston, West Virginia

Event narrative

Up to 7 inches of snow fell in 24 hours.

Wider weather episode

An upper trough combined with a coupled jet structure resulted in an impressive snow storm across the region. The resulting divergence aloft generated strong frontogenetically forced snow bands across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 932730. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.